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## [Sinners](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![Sinners](/media/posts/sinners-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [Sinners](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/)
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[![Sinners](/media/posts/sinners.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/)
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This is where I’ll pin down what this movie’s *vibe* actually was, and whether it earned whatever big swings it took. If it’s on this list, it got into my brain and refused to leave.
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<p class="playLine">Watched in the theater, now streaming on HBO</p>
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon hbo'></span>Watched in the theater, now streaming on <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/2a072173-2bac-43ba-9933-10eba021ed96">HBO</a></p>
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## [The Substance](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![The Substance](/media/posts/the-substance-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [The Substance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/)
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[![The Substance](/media/posts/the-substance.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/)
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Placeholder for: “how much did this movie make me squirm?” plus the thing horror sometimes does where it stops being “scary” and becomes **too real**. Also: the craft of it all, and whether I respected it even while wanting to crawl out of my skin.
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<p class="playLine">Watched on Amazon Prime</p>
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon hbo'></span>Now streaming on <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/90b483f4-ffd1-4cc1-a5e7-4112f6d61c15">HBO</a></p>
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## [Weapons](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![Weapons](/media/posts/weapons-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [Weapons](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/)
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[![Weapons](/media/posts/weapons.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/)
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This is where I’ll unpack: tension, pacing, and whether it’s the kind of movie you want to immediately debrief with another human being. (Also whether the trailer sold me lies. Movies love doing that.)
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon hbo'></span>Now streaming on <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/bcbb6e0d-ca89-43e4-a9b1-2fc728145beb">HBO</a></p>
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## [Thunderbolts](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![Thunderbolts](/media/posts/thunderbolts-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [Thunderbolts](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20969586/)
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[![Thunderbolts](/media/posts/thunderbolts.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20969586/)
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Marvel is a lot. So when a Marvel thing *works* for me, I want to understand why. This is the spot for: team chemistry, tone, whether it felt like a real movie and not just “content,” and how well it threaded the needle between character and spectacle.
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon disney'></span>Watched in the theater, now streaming on <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ec9f9fa3-fbae-4a25-b722-12c3b8ab0ef4">Disney+</a></p>
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon disney'></span>Watched in the theater, now streaming on <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-f51dce23-7d8f-490a-9f0c-be1b5432c2a9">Disney+</a></p>
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## [We Live in Time](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![We Live in Time](/media/posts/we-live-in-time-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [We Live in Time](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27131358/)
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[![We Live in Time](/media/posts/we-live-in-time.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27131358/)
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Some movies are basically engineered to hurt you (complimentary). This is where I’ll talk about whether it felt earned, whether it did anything structurally clever, and whether it left me staring at the wall afterwards in that very specific way.
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<p class="playLine">Watched on an airplane!</p>
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon hbo'></span>Watched on an airplane! But now streaming on <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/b168f4b3-6ba8-40d3-9dee-8f8c75a30921">HBO</a></p>
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## [Better Man](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![Better Man](/media/posts/better-man-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [Better Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14260836/)
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[![Better Man](/media/posts/better-man.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14260836/)
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Music biopics are such a well-worn groove that the ones that land need a real point of view. This is where I’ll talk about whether this had one — and whether it did anything that felt emotionally honest instead of just checking genre boxes.
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<p class="playLine">Watched on an airplane! But now streaming on <a href="https://www.mgmplus.com/movie/better-man-2025?play=true">MGM+</a></p>
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## [The Materialists](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![The Materialists](/media/posts/the-materialists-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [The Materialists](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253473/)
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[![The Materialists](/media/posts/the-materialists.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253473/)
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This is the slot for: what it’s actually *about* underneath the plot, how sharp it was, and whether it made me feel seen (or called out) in the way the best social-commentary stories do.
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon hbo'></span>Watched on an airplane! But now streaming on <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/3628d4d7-a758-4a4e-8828-121d9261449c">HBO</a></p>
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## [Wicked](https://www.imdb.com/)
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[![Wicked](/media/posts/wicked-2025.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/)
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## [Wicked](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262426/)
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[![Wicked](/media/posts/wicked.jpg)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262426/)
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This is where I’ll talk about whether this movie made me feel the same way a great stage musical does: the “I’m annoyingly emotional and humming this for three days” effect. Also: production design, big feelings, and the special kind of joy that comes from watching a story you already know still land.
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon disney'></span>Watched on <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ec9f9fa3-fbae-4a25-b722-12c3b8ab0ef4">Disney+</a></p>
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<p class="playLine"><span class='playIcon amazonprime'></span>Watched on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.a4de0506-beba-41ae-97ba-8637ad9f7e2e?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb">Amazon Prime</a></p>
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